Re: [Webmacro-devel] Re: [Melati-developers] WebMacro Test Case: TestSharedOutputStream

[Eric R. <eb...@tc...>]

On Apr 3, 2004, at 7:06 PM, Endre St=F8lsvik wrote:

> | The Macro interface is pretty simple:  write() sends its output to a
> | FastWriter, and evaluate() returns to a String.
>
> Once more: WHEN ARE THEY INVOKED???

Think of it like this:  .evaluate() returns the Object, whose toString=20=

value is written to the output stream by .write().

If your goal is to write the output of a template, just call=20
Template.write().  If your goal is to modify the Context, call=20
Template.evaluate().

Directives like #set, which don't .write() anything, do their=20
Context-changing work in .evaluate().

Clear as mud?

eric=